Seal.



H. L. C. WENK.

SEAL.

APPLICAHUN FILED DEC. 28. 1911. 1,267,725., Patented May 28,1918.

WITED @TATE PATENT @FFIQE.

HENRY L. C. WENK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SEAL.

Application filed December 28, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. C. WENK, a citizen of the United States, and resident ofthe borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain'new and useful Improve ments in Seals, of which'the following-is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention refers to box or package seals and the method of applying them for use. or metallic seal without nails or othersecuring means to the overlappingportions of a metallic strap for boxes, packages or the like, so that they may be interlocked by the action of the punch in such a manner that the strap portions cannot be pulled apart, and hence will be held with great firmness upon the box. The invention may be therefore said to consist essentially in the construction, arrangement and combination of the parts substantially as described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank out of which the seal is formed.

Fig. 2 is a similar plan view with one section thereof struck up to form a passage.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3, 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan View after the blank has been folded together.

Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the same on the line 5, 5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the seal similar to Fig. 1, and shows the overlapping portions of a strap or cord passed through the seal.

Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 7, 7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the same after the punch has acted thereon and punctured a hole through all of the parts for the purpose of combining and interlocking their sections together.

My improved seal which is made of tin or similar material, is formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1, which has a general reetangular form but shaped in two sections 1 and 2 between which are central indents 3, 3. The outer end of one of the sections 2 is provided with a recess 4, while the corresponding end of the other section 1 is provided with a lip 5 adapted to be bent to engage the recess 4, after the two sections 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

The object is to securely fasten-a tin- Patented May 28, 1918.

Serial No. 205,245.

cupies the position shown in Fig. 3 when,

Viewed endwise, the loop or socket being thus formed through which the sections a and- Z) of the metallic strap'or cord which is used" to bind around the box or other package or article are passed, the portions overlapping each other in a manner shown in Fig. 6.

After this raised up loop or socket 7 has been formed, the blank willby suitable mechanical means be bent over on the indented points 3, 3 so that the section 1 may lie underneath the section 2; that is to say, on that side of section 2 opposite to the struck up loop 7 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. and when I the parts are thus closed tightly together, the lip 5 will be bent over the edge of the section 2 in the recess at and bent down tightly upon the face of the seal closely adjacent to the loop 7, as clearly shown in Figs. a, 5 and 6. The seal is now complete and ready for use. In cross-section the appearance of the seal at this time is shown in Fig. 5 where the struck up portion 7 is raised and the slots 6, 6 are open in readiness to receive the overlapping portions of the metallic strap of the box.

In the sectional view of Fig. 7 these overlapping portions (4 and b are shown in position as they are also indicated in Fig. 6, and it is clearly evident how the seal is related to the sections when they are all tightly drawn together and the strap is located in proper position upon the'package and they can'be held so by proper puller devices and then by means of a suitable punch, as for example the punch shown in my co-pending application for Letters Pat ent, filed October 12, 1917, Serial No. 196,110 or any other similar efiicient instrument, a hole is punched as at 0 through all the overlying parts, that is to say the two sections a and Z2 and the top 2 and the bottom 1 of the seal interweaving and interlocking the fractured ends of all these parts, so that they will be intertwined and impossible to separate for they will occupy the position shown in Fig. 8, and will be effectively related to each other, so that the seal will do the Work in a very satisfactory, strong durable and firm manner. A seal of this kind will be found to be of great value because of its cheapness and simplicity.

In passing the ends a and 6 through the loop 7 and the slots 6, there might be danger oi the ends of said sections striking against the edges of the slots but I obriate any possibility of this by forming a couple of raised lines, inclines or lifted ribs 8, S on the face of the section 7, which comes immediately adjacent to the loop 7 when the blank is folded into the form shown in Fig. el; said ribs being close to the slots 6, 6. These ribs may be forined in any desired manner. Simply running a small groove or two of them parallel to each other shown in Fig. 2 on one side of the section 1 so as to produce slight raised lines on the other side Will be sufficient for the purpose, as ordinarily these raised ribs need not he any thicker or perhaps as thick as the material of the blank. All that i need is to provide slight raised ribs adjacent to the slots 6, 6

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which will have the efi'ect of lifting the ends a and Z) of the strap in guiding them through the adjacent slots 6' and thus preventing said ends from striking against the edges ofthe slots. 7 l laving thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is ie A seal consisting of two sections folded on a transverse middle line, one section hav signature. g V HENRY L, C. WENK;

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